Deep sleep takes out the trash
A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the importance of getting a good night’s sleep.
Single-Cell CRISPR Technology Deciphers Role of Chromatin Accessibility in Cancer
Mapping the ‘chromatinome’: New integrative functional genomics platform for profiling genome regulation with a massively-parallel screen of chromatin modifiers.
State-of-the-art Innovation Complex wins excellence award
The building won an ‘Excellence’ in the Greenstone Colliers Project Leaders Education Property Award. The annual Property Institute Awards celebrate and showcase superior examples of iconic property development...
Black Summer bushfire season cost farmers up to $5 billion
Associate Professor Tina Bell and Chuan Huang from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences call on more support for farmers to protect their land and livelihoods.
Scientists lead ambitious study to reach infinity and beyond
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a new type of space-craft propulsion system as part of an ambitious international project that...
Call for New Zealand specific autism research
Autistic people need to be actively involved in future research and don’t want it to focus on a cure or behaviour management.
Australian astrophysicists help prove Stephen Hawking’s landmark black hole prediction
A global team of astrophysicists, including Australians, has witnessed a collision between two black holes that was so loud, they were able to use it to test and prove Stephen Hawking’s Theory of Black Hole Thermodynamics.
UBC experts team up to tackle air pollution with network of sensors
Air pollution is an urgent problem linked to as many as nine million deaths per year worldwide and 14,000 annually in Canada, primarily from related heart and lung diseases.
OPINION: COVID restrictions may be easing, but the pandemic isn’t over yet
Many countries are winding back COVID-19 restrictions, but governments should be continuing to promote the importance of voluntary mask use and catching up outdoors.
What is Australia looking for in its inaugural poet laureate?
Peter Kirkpatrick in the Discipline of English and Writing asks what an Australian poet laureate will be expected to do or achieve ahead of the position's official appointment in 2025.
